When I'm in situations where I don't want my dink on the davits, I put it on the foredeck. Transom over the forward hatch, in front of the dorade boxes, then lashed down using the slotted toe rail. Weight and length being the main reasons for going with the Walker Bay 8. It fits quite nicely and still leaves enough room to go forward (though not much), if necessary.

PB,
That's what we used to do before we went inflatable. On the PB that left less than enough room on the foredeck on Raven just enough room. Either or it's not a situation I'm all that happy with. Furler does mean that there is less reason to go forward but I'm not all that happy clambering over a dink to get to e.g the anchor.

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Andrew B

"Those who do not observe the impulses of their own mind must of necessity be unhappy." Marcus Aurelius